Taking a Taxi IN LHASA

• 作者: ZHOLMA YANGZOIN
• 来源期刊: 中国西藏：英文版
• 学科: 经济
• 年，卷（期）: 2002,（4）
• 页码范围: 20-22
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: F572

摘要

Downtown Lhasa covers an area of 52 square km, and has a resident population of 180,000. In the early 1980s, roads were paved with dirt and the citizens relied on bicycles for intra-city travel. Two bus routes emerged in the mid-1980s, and city roads were widened and asphalted in the 1990s.With Tibet’s door opening wider to the outside world, more visitors are coming to Lhasa. Cashing in on the opportunity, a taxi service appeared in the 1980s.Nowadays, there are some 1,100 cabs plying city streets. A considerable number are the Volkswagen Santana model. Although distance meters have been installed, taxi drivers love to charge customers at the fixed rate of 10 Yuan for inner-city travel.